British RAF Raids Reach 400 Mile Channel Front
British air units swept across the Channel coast from France to Germany hitting Dutch Belgian and French ports including Rotterdam Flushing Antwerp Ostend Dunkerque Boulogne Calais and Ostend. The raids damaged docks barges warehouses and oil depots with large fires and explosions observed as RAF bombers returned after continuous forays through night and early today. The targets included oil tanks ships rail yards and a large supply ship while anti aircraft fire and smoke filled skies over Boulogne and Calais.
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Air Ministry
Channel
North Sea
France
Germany
Rotterdam
Flushing
Antwerp
Ostend
Dunkerque
Boulogne
Calais
RAF
Calais “=mhor
Axis Chiefs Frown on U. S. War Attitude
Berlin reports from Rome say Ribbentrop and Mussolini agreed on Greece as a trouble spot and on conducting economic warfare against the United States after the war. German papers warn of U S influence and stress aims to crush British power in the eastern Mediterranean.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Greece
United States
Rome
der Montag
Norway
National Zeitung
Essen
Reichsmarshal
Hermann Goering
Zietung
Germany
England
Europe
Balkans
Mediterranean
Foreign Office
Athens
Zeitung
Axis
Britain
von Ribbentrop
Galeazzo Ciano
Ansaldo
Count Ciano
Tl Telegrafo
Ribbentrop
Spain Hesitates as War Rumors Ripple Across Europe
Madrid dispatch reports Spanish press warning next hours may be significant yet official lines deny Spain will enter the war. Rumors tie Franco kin Serrano Suner to Berlin talks, with Rome discussions between Ribbentrop and Mussolini linked to promises of Africa in exchange for aiding a Gibraltar assault.
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Madrid
Spain
Berlin
Ramon Serrano Suner
Franco
Rome
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Mussolini
Africa
British
Gibraltar
EFE
Italy
Germany
E. E
Serrano Suner
Arriba
Shackled Man Rescued After Apparent Attack near Southfields
A 30 year old man with aged handcuff shackles and a fractured skull was found unconscious near a highway in the mountains north of Southfields New York and brought to Tuxedo Memorial Hospital in critical condition. State police began an inquiry into whether his injuries came from maltreatment or his trek to the road. The victim was soaked and his legs blue from the cold and damp thunderstorm.
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Tuxedo Park
N. Y
Tuxedo Memorial Hospital
Southfields
David Tolmie
Tolmie
National Guardsmen Injured in Wreck Near Midland
Six National Guard members were injured in a collision with an Arizona guard truck near the baseball park. Hollis Schoenberger suffered a fractured spine and Bob Swain a dislocated hip. Four others were slightly hurt as D Company and Service Company of the 120th Quartermaster Corps camped in Midland en route to Fort Sill for a year’s training.
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Midland
Arizona National Guard
Arizona Guardsmen
Hollis Schoenberger
Bob Swain
D Company
120Th Quartermaster Corps
Fort Sill
Okla
Rothschild Property Seized in France by Petain Regime
The Petain government sequestered all goods rights and interests in France of Baron Maurice de Rothschild. The action targets Rothschild holdings as the regime consolidates control amid wartime collaboration and political upheaval.
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Rothschild
CHY
France
Baron Maurice de Rothschild
Wrecked Army Plane Reported With Three Men Missing
Coast Guard district headquarters said an amphibian plane sighted the wreckage of an army plane with three men aboard who had been missing since Friday night. A coast guard plane asked for a physician and ambulance at the municipal airport, hinting the crew might be found alive.
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Jacksonvillf Fla
Coast Guard
Heavy Cruiser Louisville Ties Up at Cristobal Panama
The United States heavy cruiser Louisville arrived at Cristobal in the Panama Canal Zone after passage from Puget Sound. It is expected to stay several days before departing for an unspecified destination, with Capt. F T Leighton ordered to report to the Atlantic squadron.
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Cristobal
Canal Zone
United States
Louisville
Panama Canal
Puget Sound
F. T Leighton
Kidnapped Youth Is Rescued. German Abductor Arrested
Three year old Marc de Tristan Jr. was found unharmed in Sierra Nevada hills by two hunters after being kidnapped for 100000 dollars. The suspect Wilhelm Jakob Muhlenbroich, a German alien, confessed and was held for action. The boy returned to Hillsborough, California, with FBI confirming the admission and capture details.
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Marc de Tristan
Hillsborough
Calif
Sierra Nevada Mountains
Count
de Tristans
Marc de Tristan, Jr
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Sierra Nevada
FBI
Wilhelm Jakob Muhlenbroich
United States
Vancouver
B.C
San Francisco
Countess de Tristan
Bay City
Count de Tristan
Huhlenbroich
de ‘Tristan
Muhlenbroich
River Pine
el Dorado County
Atty
Earl Warren
California
Mary Foley
Warren
de Tri+ stan
Marc
Comoan
Buildas
Zeila Miles
Aukum
San Francisco Chronicle
de Tristan
Japanese Troops Attack French Indo China After Parley Fails
Report from HANOT and Shanghai cites Japanese forces from the south China army attacking Dongdang near Hanoi after failed negotiations over landing troops in Tonkin. A compromise pact earlier allowed limited landings at Haiphong and three air bases north of the Red River with up to 6,000 troops.
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Indo-China
Dongdang
Japan
South China Army
China
Reuters
Shanghai
Nishihara
South China
Haiphong
Tonkin
Red River
Hanoi
Canton
Kwangsi
Oldsmobiles on Display in Amarillo Show
Forty one Oldsmobiles are showcased by Oldsmobile today at 810 Tyler Street Amarillo with models described as the widest variety in the firm’s 43 year history. The feature appears on Page 10. Separately, notes from a Japanese administrative move praise growing ties with France during Indo China operations.
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Oldsmobile
Baby Born to Fred Snite Jr in Chicago Hospital
A daughter was born to Mr and Mrs Fred Snite Jr in Chicago today. Both mother and child are reported in excellent condition. The infant weighs eight pounds five and a half ounces.
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Chicago
Fred Snite, Jr
Teressa Larkin
Dayton
Ohio
Young Snite
River Forest
Weather outlook for West Texas and Oklahoma
WEATHER WEST TEXAS Partly cloudy with showers Monday and Tuesday. Little change in temperature. OKLAHOMA Partly cloudy except occasional light rain in northeast portion Monday. Tuesday generally fair in west, cloudy in east with intermittent light rain in southeast and extreme east portions, warmer in west Monday.
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Texas
Oklahoma
Styles and Furniture Parade Promises City Showings
Amarillo and Panhandle residents will see the latest fall clothing and home furnishings this week. Local stores display new men’s and women’s wear and house goods with open houses Monday and Thursday evenings. Furniture dealers coordinate a city wide home furnishings style show featuring appliances and fur niture. Vogue and Esquire may inspire shoppers with living counterparts of their illustrated styles.
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Amarillo
Panhandle
Vogue
Esquire
Texas Rail Clerks Vote On Strike After Negotiations Break
About 1,000 clerks for the Missouri Pacific lines in Texas and Louisiana will vote by October 1 on a possible strike. The ballot follows breakdowns over alleged rules violations and a plan to install labor-saving calculator machines at Houston Palestine and Kingsville.
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Palestine
Gulf Coast Lines
Missouri Pacific
Texas
Louisiana
Houston
Kingsville
Australian Premier Wins Wartime Election Indications
In Melbourne on September 22 observers reported a continued small majority for Prime Minister Robert G. Menzies’s government in the wartime election. Unofficial returns suggested opposition leader John Curtin lost his House seat.
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Melbourne
Australia
Robert G. Menzies
Labor Party
John Curtin
House of Representatives
Bombers Attack Alexandria Harbor Briefly Before Retreat
Italian planes attempted to bomb the harbor at Alexandria Egypt, a British naval base, for the second straight day. Intense anti aircraft fire repelled the raid after a 25 minute alarm and brief attack.
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Alexandria
Egypt
Ocean liner torpedoed. 383 aboard perish and survive
A German submarine sank a liner off the entrance to Canada on Sept 17 293 people died including 83 children. Only 113 survived from 406 aboard. Survivors recount exposure and heroic shipboard conduct as 42 boys and 41 girls among the lost children are named along with notable casualties and figures.
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London
England
Canada
Atlantic
Liverpool
Middlesex County
British Press Association
W. R. Foresyth
Col
James Baldwin-Webb
Krekin
Shropshire
Baldwin's Steel Works
Birmingham
Red Cross
Geoffrey Shakespeare
Children’s Overseas Reception Board
Shak
Shakespeare
J. E. Grimmond
Grimmonds
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Ondon
English Channel
U. S
Royal Portable
Russell's
Panama
French
Yunnan
Jean DeCoux
Maurice Martin
Fred Snites
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